Definiton: Software distributed on the basis of an honor system. Most shareware is delivered free of charge, but the author usually requests that you pay a small fee if you like the program and use it regularly. This would give you full access or an increased subscription time; as they are usually a 30 day trial, or premium package, etc. (from Webopedia)
Shareware is often available as a trial version to be downloaded from websites or as CD from magazines and newspapers, the full version product would be available once the license is purchased. The idea behind is to give customers a taster of a product (often new) often offered without support, updates, or help menus, and many utilities. (Sourced from Wikipedia)
Shareware
Definiton:
Software distributed on the basis of an honor system. Most shareware is delivered free of charge, but the author usually requests that you pay a small fee if you like the program and use it regularly. This would give you full access or an increased subscription time; as they are usually a 30 day trial, or premium package, etc. (from Webopedia)
Shareware is often available as a trial version to be downloaded from websites or as CD from magazines and newspapers, the full version product would be available once the license is purchased. The idea behind is to give customers a taster of a product (often new) often offered without support, updates, or help menus, and many utilities.
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